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MN House speaker noncommittal on Gov. Walz’s plan for gas tax increase

January 12, 2019 By Bill Werner

Speaker Melissa Hortman is noncommittal on whether the Minnesota House will vote for a gas tax increase that Governor Tim Walz is pushing.  “We will definitely be having a long and extensive debate about transportation funding and what the most appropriate sources are,” she says.  But when asked whether the House D-F-L Caucus supports a gas tax increase, Hortman would only say, “We are certain that we will get a bill with that in it from the governor and we will introduce that bill. We will definitely debate and discuss that [and] see if it has the support to pass.”

Republicans, who control the Minnesota Senate, strongly oppose a gas tax increase.

 

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